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the syrian government denies having done so. yesterday the very next day in homs province we hear of another bakery under attack. women and children were killed in that attack. terrible news. all playing out against the back drop of more diplomacy. people trying to come to some sort of solution there. it hasn't happen. there is fear more of these attacks will happen in the days and months to come. >> i am assuming the government does have some ability to be able to tell whether or not these are rebel groups or if these are women and children who are simply lined up to get bread. that sounds like an explanation that people really are not buying there. is that accurate, fair to say? >> absolutely. very different narratives we hear from different groups on the ground. the syrian government maintains that these attacks are the works of terrorists. this is how they fall, opposition fighters. the term they use, they call them terrorists. the opposition actors, rebel sir free army, say no this is the government targeting civilians in a
the syrian government denies having done so. yesterday the very next day in homs province we hear of another bakery under attack. women and children were killed in that attack. terrible news. all playing out against the back drop of more diplomacy. people trying to come to some sort of solution there. it hasn't happen. there is fear more of these attacks will happen in the days and months to come. >> i am assuming the government does have some ability to be able to tell whether or not...
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government because fewer people are involved in seeing taxes go up from the 35% rate right now to the 39.6% rate, which existed before the bush tax cuts were implemented in 2001 and 2003 during the clinton administrati administration. so it will be less revenue. they have to find more revenue elsewhere, but it's something the president felt he needed to do to get a deal to show he's ready to negotiate. so he moved from that 250 to 450, so that's a significant concession from the democrats' perspective. >> jessica, what do we expect to hear from the president in the statement he's going to make momentarily? >> reporter: i believe, he's going to urge action, suzanne, and call on both parties to pass this. as you know and as dana bash reported from capitol hill, there are democrats who have expressed concern about the agreement or the emerging deal. it's not done yet. and there is obviously going to be republican resistance, but you know, he will call on both sides to do something. i point out that while 450,000 for a household is a concession by democrats, the democrats are getting some
government because fewer people are involved in seeing taxes go up from the 35% rate right now to the 39.6% rate, which existed before the bush tax cuts were implemented in 2001 and 2003 during the clinton administrati administration. so it will be less revenue. they have to find more revenue elsewhere, but it's something the president felt he needed to do to get a deal to show he's ready to negotiate. so he moved from that 250 to 450, so that's a significant concession from the democrats'...
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governments cut social programs to save money. it was meant to help and hurt by spreading the recession. here's richard quest in london. >> reporter: suzanne, the story of europe in 2012 was very much the austerity, the gut-wrenching, grinding austerity. some countries like greece faced multi-year recession and slowdown, unemployment at over 25%, youth unemployment over 50%. what we saw was the recession expanding. spain, italy, the uk, all found austerity taking its toll even more as unemployment continued to rise in some of those countries. even the large country, the economic powerhouse germany found its slelf slowing down. the root cause of it all was the inability of the european governments to come to policies to get growth started again. towards the middle and end of the year they did, but the tale was style there. very much austerity again and again. perhaps if there was only one change that took place as we moved into the fall and into the winter. it was the realization that most of these countries could take no more aust
governments cut social programs to save money. it was meant to help and hurt by spreading the recession. here's richard quest in london. >> reporter: suzanne, the story of europe in 2012 was very much the austerity, the gut-wrenching, grinding austerity. some countries like greece faced multi-year recession and slowdown, unemployment at over 25%, youth unemployment over 50%. what we saw was the recession expanding. spain, italy, the uk, all found austerity taking its toll even more as...
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so you're also potentially affected by spending cuts in the government. could you give us a better idea of what that might mean to your business? >> absolutely. that probably is worse than the tax hike. the washington area is probably the strongest area in the country in terms of people that are going to be affected by this. i do business with a lot of contract contractors that work with the federal government. of course, if they are not in business and their demand for my products go down, maybe i'm out of business. i don't know. >> i guess you were affected by the recession in some pretty dramatic ways and there's a potential for a whole new wave. can you talk about how the recession also affected you? >> absolutely. the last three or four years have been tough. we have had to cut back expenses and personnel. we have done what we can in terms of increasing our revenues more efficiently. we are being smarter about how we spend our money and the customers we're dealing with. the whole aspect of what may happen in terms of losing our customer base is a sca
so you're also potentially affected by spending cuts in the government. could you give us a better idea of what that might mean to your business? >> absolutely. that probably is worse than the tax hike. the washington area is probably the strongest area in the country in terms of people that are going to be affected by this. i do business with a lot of contract contractors that work with the federal government. of course, if they are not in business and their demand for my products go...
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and russia in november governing u.s. adoptions to russia, putting out responsibilities for both sides. so what they're saying is, let's please stick to that agreement. they're in close touch with those families, and they're hoping that at least these 50 or some odd cases should be resolved. they're asking parents that are in the pipeline, stay in touch with your adoption agency and also look at adoption.state.gov. we'll put that on our website. that's where parents can get the very latest information about this crisis. >> all right. elise, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> americans whose adoptions are in imbow are very worried. they're even desperate for information. i want to talk to a family via skype. this is from dover, new jersey. this is jenny and josh johnston. they are in the process of adopting a child from russia. thank you very much for joining us here. i can only imagine -- i can't really imagine what you are going through here. the two of you already have three children, one of them adopted from ethio
and russia in november governing u.s. adoptions to russia, putting out responsibilities for both sides. so what they're saying is, let's please stick to that agreement. they're in close touch with those families, and they're hoping that at least these 50 or some odd cases should be resolved. they're asking parents that are in the pipeline, stay in touch with your adoption agency and also look at adoption.state.gov. we'll put that on our website. that's where parents can get the very latest...
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and yemeni governments are taking them seriously. militants offered $23,000 for the killing of an american soldier in yemen. analysts say militants may be affiliated with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the powerful bran inch yemen. >> they've been looking for a way to hit the u.s., whether the u.s. ambassador in yemen which they attacked in september of 2008 or carrying out more attacks here in the united states. >> reporter: this is the same group that came close to detonating a bomb in the underwear of a militant in the 2009 christmas day plot to the bomb an airliner bound for detroit. it attempted to send printer bombs to the u.s. the following year. and tried again this year to bomb a plane bound for the u.s. it's also not the first time al qaeda or an affiliate has offered gold for the killing of a prominent american. >> the example, paul brem, the most important american military official in iraq during the bush administration and bin laden himself offered substantial goal reward for basically for his death. >> reporter: no
and yemeni governments are taking them seriously. militants offered $23,000 for the killing of an american soldier in yemen. analysts say militants may be affiliated with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the powerful bran inch yemen. >> they've been looking for a way to hit the u.s., whether the u.s. ambassador in yemen which they attacked in september of 2008 or carrying out more attacks here in the united states. >> reporter: this is the same group that came close to detonating...
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pile on top of that government benefits. i'm talking about social security checks and military payments. who could forget what happens when lawmakers raised the debt ceiling last summer but not until the last minute. that caused a credit downgrade for the u.s. and a huge selloff for the market. the thing is, suzanne, it could come down to the wire once again, yet another nail-biter. suzanne? >> a >>al >> alison, it could cause a ripple effect. >> yeah, but the markets won't take that well. it's more of the saving kick the can down the road. if there's band-aid measure that goes in, that's not what the market is going to necessarily see. they want to see something stronger with the if is cal cliff and the debt ceiling as well and it seems that everything is sort of being held hostage in the whole fiscal cliff discussions and the debt ceiling has become part of that as well. suzanne. >> the president is saying he's not going to allow that to happen. there are other headlines we're keeping our eye on for this thursday. others f
pile on top of that government benefits. i'm talking about social security checks and military payments. who could forget what happens when lawmakers raised the debt ceiling last summer but not until the last minute. that caused a credit downgrade for the u.s. and a huge selloff for the market. the thing is, suzanne, it could come down to the wire once again, yet another nail-biter. suzanne? >> a >>al >> alison, it could cause a ripple effect. >> yeah, but the markets...
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that's a critical concern whether it's government officials or military officials who leave the government. suzanne. >> i want to remind our viewers what we're talking p here when we talk about syria. in the past few days we're talking about at least 365 people who have been killed on top of more than 100 people killed in an air attack sunday on a bakery. when someone like this of this high stature defects, what does this tell you about the state of the rebel forces? what does this tell you about the possibility of this thing ending anytime soon? >> reporter: the news out of syria, especially in the last few days, gets worse and worse. you have diplomatic talks going on with syria. it's the joint envoy to syria. every day the news is more horrific. each day in the last few days more than 100 people killed on each successive day including today. we hear from opposition activists and free syria army members they're gaining momentum and they're taking over more territory in and around the capital and in parts of the north of the country. it seems to suggest that assad is losing more grip on p
that's a critical concern whether it's government officials or military officials who leave the government. suzanne. >> i want to remind our viewers what we're talking p here when we talk about syria. in the past few days we're talking about at least 365 people who have been killed on top of more than 100 people killed in an air attack sunday on a bakery. when someone like this of this high stature defects, what does this tell you about the state of the rebel forces? what does this tell...